Rapid decrease of mass balance observed in the Xiao (Lesser) Dongkemadi glacier, in the central Tibetan Plateau

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 22, Issue 16, 2008, Pages 2953-2958

  Pu, Jianchen ^a,b   Yao, Tandong ^a,b   Yang, MeiXue ^a,b   Tian, Lide ^a,b   Wang, Ninlian ^a,b   Ageta, Yutaka ^c   Fujita, Koji ^c  

^a Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^c NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Glacier retreat; Mass balance; Tibetan plateau; Xiao Dongkemadi glacier

Indexed keywords

TURBULENT FLOW;

EQUILIBRIUM LINE ALTITUDE; GLACIER MASS BALANCE; GLACIER RETREAT; MASS BALANCE; MASS BALANCING; METEOROLOGICAL DATA; POSITIVE MASS; QINGHAI-TIBETAN PLATEAU; SUMMER SEASON; TIBETAN PLATEAU; XIAO DONGKEMADI GLACIER;

GLACIERS;

GLACIER DYNAMICS; GLACIER MASS BALANCE; GLACIER RETREAT; WARMING;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU; TANGGULA MOUNTAINS;

EID: 49249138138     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.6865     Document Type: Article

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